Tag: World War II

War Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a news conference.

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

The Pentagon’s vital acquisition reforms

Sean Durns · November 6, 2025 1:51 pm

A view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali’s historic city of Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud was accused of playing a key role in a reign of terror that insurgents unleashed in northern Mali in 2012 and 2013.

Racial hatred and terrorism, from Nuremberg to Gaza

Hugo Gurdon · November 4, 2025 6:00 am

Pittsburgh Church

Our counterculture revolution is here and it is a revival

Salena Zito · September 22, 2025 5:08 pm

This undated file photo shows Adolf Hitler, right, and his mistress Eva Braun posing on the Terrace of the Berghof, in Berchtesgeden, Germany.

Washington Secrets

Collectors eye ‘impossibly rare’ bottle of Hitler’s Bordeaux

Paul Bedard · September 9, 2025 10:18 am

Beltway Confidential

Russia and China dream up a new World War II history

Sean Durns · September 4, 2025 5:30 am

Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jon Un walk together during China's military parade celebrating the end of World War II.

Trump tells Xi to give Putin and Kim his regards at parade ‘as you conspire’ against US

David Zimmermann · September 2, 2025 11:39 pm

Finnish aerobatics group Midnight Hawks performs during a celebration marking the Russian air force's 100th anniversary in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012.

Finland to remove swastikas from unit flags after ‘awkward situations’

Brady Knox · August 28, 2025 3:19 pm

Fuselage and engine components are assembled for U.S. B-24 bombers at a Ford Motor Co. plant near Detroit, December 1942. (Archive Photos/Getty)

What the last world war tells us about the next one

Sean Durns · August 15, 2025 5:15 am

Courage, Strength, and Optimism

US decision to use nuclear weapons ended World War II

Sean Durns · August 8, 2025 6:00 am

The end of cosmopolitan Europe: Review of ‘The Last Days of Budapest’ by Adam LeBor

Will Collins · August 8, 2025 5:18 am

Japan commemorates 80 years since atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Brady Knox · August 6, 2025 9:20 pm

Graham suggests Israel take Gaza by force and ‘start over’ like US did in Tokyo and Berlin

Annabella Rosciglione · July 27, 2025 1:26 pm